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Century of invention and progress ends with a tribute
Frederick A. Ober surveys the nineteenth century's vast advances in science, electricity, transportation, and communications. He notes key milestones from Franklin to Morse, Fulton to Edison, photography to aviation, and laments future challenges while praising American leadership and the century's enduring legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtoh
Locke
Franklin
Buffon
Custer
Count Itaford
Paine
Washington
Jefferson
Prottema
France
George III
Toni
Jonathan Crout
Masenchugetts
England
Germany
Morse
Colt
Fire Island
New York City
Morse and
Marconi
John Bright
Atlantic
Columbus
Watt
Oliver Evans
Jonathan Hull
James Rumgey
Potomac
William Henry
Chester
Robert Fulton
Seine
John Stevens
New Jersey
Fulton
Clermont
New York
Albany
Stevens
Delaware River
Savannah
Russia
Calcutta
Isss
Sirius
Great Western
Cork
Bristol
Cunards
Massachusetts
R. P. Forbes
Stephenson
Galthmore and
Ohio
Peter Cooper
America
United States
Hoboken
Montgolfiers
Parla
English Channel
John Jeffries
Boston
Professor Langley
Maxim
Santos Dumont
Count Zeppelin
Dumont
Eiffel Tower
Parry
Zeppelin
Constance
Daguerre
J. W.draper
University of New York
Edison
Bell
Berlin
Edison and Field
Davy
Burt
Europe
Irving
Prescott
Bancroft
Longfellow
Earth
Frederick. A. Ober